Plan Hyco Lake

THE PUBLIC RECREATION AREA. THE 64-ACRE TRACT SHOWN ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ON THE PARK PLAN OPPOSITE WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES PRI¬ MARILY FOR THOSE WHO DO SOT LIVE ON THE LAKE BUT VISIT IT FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. USES PROPOSED ARE AS FOLLOWS: ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS. PARKS SHOULD BE AT LEAST FOUR ACRES IN SIZE. USING EXTREMELY GENEROUS STANDARDS OF 3.5 ACRES PER 1000 USERS. THE PROPOSED PARK. APPROXIMATELY EICHT ACRES IN SIZE. CAN SERVE 2300 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME. IT IS QUITE LARGE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE QUIET AND SECLUSION FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THERE WILL BE AMPLE SPACE FOR SOME TO PLAY NOISY CAMES WITHOUT DIS¬ TURBING SEEKERS OF QUIET. THESE AREAS ARF. PLANNED TO BE CENTRALLY LOCATED. TOTAL PARKING SPACE IS APPROXIMATELY 21 ACRES AND CAN HANDLE UP TO ABOUT >450 A l' TO- A ND-BOAT-TRA I LER COMBINATIONS. OR 2750 CARS. PARKING IS THE LARGEST SINCL1 USER OF SPACE IS ALMOST ALL AREAS. UNLESS ADE¬ QUATE SPACE FOR PARKING IS PROVIDED. THE AREA ITSELF WILL SOT BE USED. PICNIC THERE ARE TWO PICXIC AREAS PROPOSED. EACH LOCATED TO INSURE EASE OF ACCESS. TOGETHER. THEY TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES. OR WWiW. SPACE FOR ROUGHLY 160 UNITS AT 16 UNITS PER ACRE. A UNIT SHOULD CONSIST OF A TABLE AND BENCHES WITH NEARBY WATER SUPPLY AND COOKING AND SANITARY FACILITIES. SWIMMING SWIMMING WILL PROBABLY BE THE MOST POPULAR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY AT HYCO LAKE AND WILL PROBABLY ATTRACT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF AREA AND USERS. TO PROMOTE SAFETY. A LIFEGUARD STATION IS PROPOSED FOR THE BEACH AREA. IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT LIFEGUARDS BE BEACH PROVIDED WITH THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY EQUIPMENT. AND THAT THE SWIMMING AREA BE ROPED OFF. THE PROPOSED BEACH. AT ABOUT TWO ACRES IN SIZE, IS CAPABLE OF SERVING 950 SUKHATHERS. IHE PROPOSED WATER AREA ADJACEST THE BEACH IS LABGE ENOUGH TO SERVE A GREAT MANY SWIMMERS. BOTH BEACH AND SWIMMING ARE* SHOULD BE COVERED WITH SaSD SANITARY FACILITIES SHOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED. BOAT LAUNCHING AREA THIS AREA CONSISTS OF ALMOST FOUR ACRES. IT IS GENERALLY STIPULATED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE THAT ONE-HALF ACRE BE PRO¬ VIDED PER DOUBLE (25 FOOT) RAMP. A DOUBLE RAMP CAN HANDLE A LAUNCHING EVERY FIVE MINUTES (TIME ELAPSED INCLUDES RECOVERY) OR 12 LAUNCHINGS AND RECOVERIES PER HOUR. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT AS A FIRST STACE, FOUR DOUBLE RAMPS BE BUILT. THESE WOULD PROVIDE FOR 48 LAUNCHINCS AND RECOVERIES PER HOUR. OPERATING AT CAPACITY. THE LAUNCH AREA'S SPACE COULD PROVIDE FOR EIGHT DOUBLE RAMPS OR 96 LAUNCHINCS PER HOUR. FOOD THIS BUILDING COULD PROVIDE SNACKS. PROVISIONS. SOUVENIRS. AND INFORMATION. STAMP ACRES. THIS GENERALIZED SERVICE USE HAS A CREAT DEAL OF ROOM FOR EXPANSION. BE PROVIDED TO MEET IT. LOCATED ON A SITE OF MORE THAN TWO AND ONE-HALF AS DEMAND BECOMES MORE ARTICULATE. SERVICES CAN THE POLICE HUT. LOCATED NEAR THE LAUNCH AREA. WOULD SERVE AS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE LAKE POLICEMAN. FROM THIS FACILITY. HE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IN THE RECREATIONAL AREA AND A GOOD DEAL OF THE LAKE. THE RECREATION COMMISSION RECOM¬ MENDS THAT THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN A RECREATION AREA LIVE THERE THE YEAR AROUND. HE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO SUPERVISE THE PARK WHEN IT IS OPES AND WHEN ITS GATES ARE CLOSED. FOR THIS REASON A RESIDENCE FOR THE POLICEMAN IS PROPOSED IN ADDITION TO THE POLICE HUT, WHICH IS HIS OFFICE. CAMPING CAMPING IS INCREASING IN POPULARITY. IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE PARKS BETWEEN 1946 AND 960. CAMPING INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY AREA l.OOO.OOl. IT IS BELIEVED THAT CAMPERS PREFER TO VISIT AREAS AWAY FROM MAJOR H1CHWAYS. FOR THAT REASON. HYCO LAKE MAY PROVE TO BE AN IDEAL SPOT FOR CAHPINC. PARTICULARLY IN THE SPRINC AND FALL. AND MAY ATTRACT CAMPERS FROM OUTSIDE THE TWO-COUNTY AREA. EN¬ COURAGEMENT OF CAMPING MIGHT HELP THE LAKE TO DEVELOP INTO A YEAR-ROUND RECREATION AREA. THERE ARE 15 ACRES PROPOSED FOR CAMP¬ ING. AT A RATE OF FOUR UNITS PER ACRE, INCLUDING ROADS. 60 UNITS CAN BE PROVIDED. A UNIT SHOULD CONSIST OF A TABLE. COOKING FACILITIES. AND PREPARED SPACE FOR A TEST OR FOR BEDDISC AND SCREENING. ANOTHER POSSIBLE USE TO WHICH A SECTION OF THE LAND MICHT BE PUT IS A MEETING CENTER. MEET1NCS ARE OFTEN HELD IN SOME SPOT OF NATURAL BEAUTY. ALTHOUGH CROUPS WOULD PROBABLY NOT TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES TO USE THE FACILITIES. A MEETING CENTER WOULD BE AN ADDITION TO THE AREA. GENERALLY. A LODGE SITE IS ONE ACRE IN SIZE. THE SITE PROPOSED IN THE PLAN CONSISTS OF . 5 ACRES. EX¬ PANSION IS THUS QUITE POSSIBLE. FURTHER. THE ADDITIONAL SPACE COULD BE USED FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE MEET1NC CENTER COULD PROVIDE MEETING ROOMS. SANITARY FACILITIES. A LOUNCE . A DINING HALL. AND KITCHEN FACILITIES. Prepared for the Pe r aon-Cas we l 1 Lake Authority by the Division of Coseuo Development. Sutanne Chichester. Planner-ln-Charge . lty Planning, North Carolina Department of Conaervatlon and - 0 - Cl 1Г-Н9Ч PLAN North Carolina State Library HYCO LAKE SCALE